Martin C Herbst
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The series of faces painted on stainless steel spheres are inspired by a famous painting of the Italian Mannerism, Parmigianino’s “Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror” (around 1524, see image above, photo Fabian Fröhlich and KHG Vienna). The small curved wooden plate shows the artist sitting behind a table and is particularly famous for the spectacular distortion effects a convex mirror conveys.

Expanding Parmigianino’s idea, Herbst uses highly polished stainless steel spheres and paints a face on one half. The other half of the sphere remains unpainted and functions as a powerful distorting mirror.
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Since the face is depicted on a round picture carrier, the painting expands from its two-dimensional origin to the third dimension resulting in a stunnig hybrid of painting and sculpture.

Flat painting becomes multi-perspective as soon as the betrayer walks around the sphere.

The sphere sits unpaired on a nearly unvisible supporting ring and the betrayer can position the work at will - with remarkable consequences: the face seems to change its expression to a certain extent according to its alignement in space.

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  • Home
  • Artwork
    • HIDDEN TREASURES >
      • text hidden treasures
    • SPHERES >
      • Text spheres
    • GARDEN OF DELIGHTS >
      • text garden of delights
    • MOON
    • RE-RENAISSANCE
    • PERSEUS
    • MARIA MAGDALENA
    • PERFECT FACE
    • BELLA
    • BRAIN
    • works on paper
    • GREEN EYES
    • JUDITH >
      • Text Judith
    • TAKE MY EYES
    • Early Works >
      • ANGELUS
      • MILLE BASIA
      • PERSONA
      • CORPUS
  • EXHIBITIONS AND ARTFAIRS
  • VIDEOS
  • Text
    • Martijn van Wenen Amsterdam
    • Archive of Views
    • Redierunt Angeli
    • Parmigianino
  • ABOUT
  • CONTACT